سورة الجن

Imam Kazim (peace be upon him): وَأَنَّ المَسَاجِدَ لِلهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا مَعَ اللهِ أَحَدًا [And that the mosques are Allah's, therefore call not upon any one with Allah] — they are the Awsiya (peace be upon them).

Imam Kazim (peace be upon him): Isa ibn Dawud al-Najjar narrates from Imam Kazim (peace be upon him) regarding the verse وَ أَنَّ المَساجِدَ لِلهِ فَلا تَدْعُوا مَعَ اللهِ أَحَداً [And that the mosques are Allah's, therefore call not upon any one with Allah], that he said: "I heard my father Jafar ibn Muhammad (peace be upon him) saying: 'They are the Awsiya and the Imams (peace be upon them) from among us, one after another. Do not call to anyone other than them, for in that case you would become like those who have called upon another alongside Allah. It was revealed in this way.'"

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Abu Amr al-Zubayri narrates from Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) that he said: "Allah the Exalted made faith obligatory upon the limbs of the children of Adam and distributed it among the limbs and apportioned it among them, and He assigned each of them a specific share. He allotted each of the duties of human beings to one of the limbs, and each limb has a specific obligation which its counterpart is not charged with... He made prostration obligatory upon the face, so that by night and by day at the times of prayer one must place the face on the ground and prostrate; and in the noble Quran He said: 'O you who believe! Bow down and prostrate yourselves and worship your Lord, and do good, that you may succeed!' (Al-Hajj 22:77). This too is an obligation made incumbent upon the face, the hands and the feet. And in another place He says: وَ أَنَّ الْمساجِدَ للهِ فَلا تَدْعُوا مَعَ اللهِ أَحَداً [And that the mosques are Allah's, therefore call not upon any one with Allah]."

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): The testament of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) to Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya: "O my son!... Indeed Allah the Exalted has ordained upon all your limbs duties and obligations by which He will argue against you on the Day of Resurrection and will question you concerning them. He has reminded those limbs, admonished them, warned them, disciplined them, and has not left them in vain, as Allah the Mighty and Majestic has said: 'Do not follow that of which you have no knowledge; indeed the hearing, the sight and the heart — all of these will be questioned about it.' (Al-Isra 17:36). Then Allah the Mighty and Majestic bound those limbs with obedience to Him, and concerning this He said: 'O you who believe! Bow down and prostrate yourselves and worship your Lord, and do good, that you may succeed!' (Al-Hajj 22:77). So this is a comprehensive and all-encompassing obligation, incumbent upon all the limbs. And Allah the Mighty and Majestic said: وَ أَنَّ المَساجِدَ لِلهِ فَلا تَدْعُوا مَعَ اللهِ أَحَداً [And that the mosques are Allah's, therefore call not upon any one with Allah]. What is meant by the places of prostration (masajid) in this verse is the face, the two hands, the two knees, and the two big toes of the feet."

Imam al-Jawad (peace be upon him): Ibn Abi Dawud said: ... At that point [al-Mu'tasim] turned to Muhammad ibn Ali (peace be upon him) and said: "What do you say?" He said: "... For the thief's hand must be cut off from the base of the fingers, so that the palm remains." [al-Mu'tasim] said: "On what basis?" He said: "On the basis of the words of the noble Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), who said: 'Prostration is performed on seven places: the face, the two hands, the two knees and the two feet. If his hand is cut off from the wrist or the elbow, no hand will remain with which he can prostrate. Allah the Blessed and Exalted says: أَنَّ الْمَساجِدَ لِلَّهِ [that the places of prostration belong to Allah]; what He means are these seven places with which one prostrates, فَلا تَدْعُوا مَعَ اللهِ أَحَداً [so do not call upon anyone along with Allah]; whatever is dedicated to Allah is not to be cut off.'"

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): فَلَا تَدْعُوا مَعَ اللهِ أَحَداً [so do not call upon anyone along with Allah] means that you must not call upon anyone alongside the family of Muhammad (peace be upon them), and do not take anyone other than them as Imam.